run forest run!!!

so i am going to use this blog post to give a shout out to some of my loved ones that are doing a great thing in honor of me.

a few weeks ago chris and i went down to providence to watch my brother complete his first half marathon. a goal he had been working on few a few months. while we were standing at the finish line watching the other runners come in, chris said "that's it, i'm doing this" he had been looking for a way to do something 'for me' since i have to go through all this crap. and after talking to my brother about it, they did some research and found a half marathon in october in newport. they have formed a team through dana farber and have set up a fundraising page for people to donate. all proceeds help support their amazing hospital as well as all their research they are doing to hopefully one day find a cure for cancer.

once chris and brian started sending out emails about this, more people wanted to join their team. my cousin tim, our good friend brady, and my two coworkers/friends greg and audra all have decided to run as well.

it means a lot to me that everyone wants to help support me by either running or donating money. even if it's not for me, if it's for someone you know that has been affected by this awful disease.

so if you want to help out, here's the website http://www.rundanafarber.org/faf/donorReg/donorPledge.asp?ievent=326685&supid=268072961

also, if you know anything about chris, the kid is dedicated, so of course once he decided he was training for a half marathon, game on. he found websites that track his progress, he started a training program and bought all new stuff for his new career as a long distance runner. he and my brother will be running various 5ks and 10ks all summer. and now all him and brady text about is their 'training' it's nice though, at least it gives chris some sort of outlet to get the stress of this whole thing out.

and since chris is the team captain, dana farber has been sending him some of the team materials as they reach different fundraising goals. if there is another thing you might know about chris is that he loves free stuff. free tshirts, hats, the kid is in heaven.

so you can look forward to this stud running the streets of newport this fall